Overwatch 2’s Steam debut is big, but those user reviews are rough

Blizzard’s first Steam game has been well received - in that people are playing it, but maybe not quite enjoying it.

The day has arrived, folks. Hell has frozen over, etc. Blizzard has released a game on Steam ( the first of many ). Unfortunately, the studio picked Overwatch 2 to start off this new venture.

Overwatch 2 is out now on Steam, free-to-play just like it is on Blizzard’s own Battle.net launcher. The launch has so far been good, in terms of player interest. The game peaked at 75,608 concurrent players ( via SteamDB ), which lands it outside Steam’s top ten - but no so far down.

It’s certainly no Baldur’s Gate 3 , but for a free-to-play multiplayer game, things could be a lot better. The real kicker here, though, isn’t so much those player numbers, it’s the user reviews. At the time of writing, Overwatch 2 is sitting at a shocking ‘Mostly Negative’ rating .

This is based on over 45,000 user reviews, only 11% of which are Positive - hence the overall rating. In fact, every single piece of content currently on sale for Overwatch 2 - the Hero Collection DLC , the Invasion Bundle , and the Invasion Ultimate Bundle all currently have a Very Negative, or Overwhelmingly Negative ratings.

It seems like a concentrated campaign to send Blizzard a message, and it’s one that I think the developer can’t afford to ignore - especially now that it’s available on the largest PC storefront. It’s also not a good look for one of the biggest PC developers to have its first Steam launch be so poorly received.

Battle.net, where Overwatch 2 was previously available exclusively, does not have user reviews. So perhaps this has been the player sentiment around the game for a while, it’s only that there’s now an avenue for them to vent.

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